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Abarham Lincoln is Elected
Abarham Lincoln beats out three other electives (John C. Breckingridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas) getting 1,865,908 popular votes and 180 electoral votes capturing 18 states -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The battle of Fort Sumter was a bombardment by the confederates during the dispute between who got the island off the coast of South Carolina. The reinforcments for the North had retreated and the south won the battle with only one casualtie -
Lincoln Orders Blockade
When Lincoln blocaked the south was called Scotts's great snake the plan was to blocakade all of the major ports including there capitol of Richmond. The attempts had used 500 warships who were all destroyed sometime in the war and 1,500 blockade runners. 5 out the 6 attempts to blockade the souths ports suceded. -
1st Battle of the Bull Run
The first battle of the bull run happened July, 21 1861 with a total amount of deaths caculating to 847 deaths. Confederates: 387
Union: 460 Where: Fairfax county and Prince William County, Vriginia Generals: C: Joseph E. Johnston & P. G. T. Beauregard
U: Irvin Mcdowell Winner: Confederates -
USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia naval battle
It was the year 1862 when the Virginia was set to destroy the steam powered frigate the USS. Minnesota When the USS. Monitor interacted and fought the CSS Viginia. After hours of fighting the CSS Virginia shot a shell at the captains quarters which blinded the captain so the USS Monitor went away when it came back the CSS Virginia was gone and the first battle between ironclads was a stalemate. Also the 2 months later the CSS Virginia was destroyed. -
7 Days Campaign
The 7 days campaign was a seiries of 6 battles. Losses:
Confederates: 20,000
Union: 16,000 Generals:
Confederates: Robert E. Lee
Union: George B. McClellen -
Battle of Shiloh
Took Place: Southern Tennessee/ Western Bank of Tennessee river. Generals/Amrys:
Union:
Federal Army of Tennessee commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant
The Federal army of Ohio commanded by General Don Carlos Buell Confederates: Army of Mississippi commanded by General Albert Sidney Johnston and PGT Beauregard Troops
Union:
Tennessee: 49,000 troops and 150 cannons
Ohio: 18,000 troops and 60 cannons Confederate:
Mississippi: 45,000 troops and 120 cannons Winner: Union -
Battle of Antietam
Deaths
Union: 12,401
Confederates: 10,316 Generals:
Union: Geroge B. McClellan
Confederates: Robert E. Lee Victors: Union Significance: It ended Lee's campaign in taking over Maryland. -
Emancipation Proclamation Issued
The Emacipation Proclimation was a bill that freed 50,000 more slaves and the slaves where able to fight in the war for the US -
2nd Battle of the Bull Run
Victor: Confederates Generals:
Confederates: Robert E. Lee
Union: John Pope Soldiers:
Union: 65,000
Confederates: 50,000 Casualties:
Confederate: 1,700
Union: 10,000 -
Emancitation Takes Effect
Lincoln proclamtated that all slaves in the confederate states. -
Chancellorville
Victor: Confederates Generals:
Union: Joseph Hooker
Confederates: Robert E. Lee Where: Spotsylvaynia county, Virginia Hooker withdrew from the battle on May 5 and the Confederates won ending the campaign -
Battle of Gettysburg
Victor: Union Generals:
Union: George G. Meade
Confederates: Robert E. Lee Losses:
Union: 23,055
Confederates: 23,231 Soldiers:
Union: 93,921
Confederate: 71,699 Soon after hours of fighting Lee surrendered and retreated and Lincoln deicated a memorial or cemetary to the 23,055 fallen soldiers. -
Battle of Vicksburg
Victor: Union Troops:
Union: 77,000
Confederate: 33,000 Deaths:
Union: 4,435
Confederate: 3,202 Armys Involved:
Union: Army of Tennessee, Mississippi River Squadrant
Confederate: Army of Vicksburg' Generals:
Union: Robert E. Lee
Confederate: John C. Pemberton -
Gettysburg Address
The gettysburg address was a speech told by Abarham Lincoln which was dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the Battle of Gettysbury. -
Battle of Chattanooga
The battle of Chattanooga or the Campaign of chattanooga had two battles in the campaign. Also Ulysses S. Grant won the first and second battle when he took control of the western army and faced the confederates with reinforcments coming -
Grant Takes Over
The only way the North could win was if Ulysses S. Grant took over most of the army's because of his previous victoriuos battles against Robert E. Lee. After there decision the Union continued to win future battles -
Battle of Atlanta
Victor: Union Generals:
Union: William T. Sherman
Confederate: John Bell Hood Men:
Union: 34,863
Confederates: 40,438 Deaths:
Union: 3,641
Confederates: 8,499 -
Abe Lincoln is Re-elected
Abarham Lincoln is re-elected in1864 beating George B. McClellan with 2,218,388 and 212 electoral and carried 22 out of the 24 states in the Union -
March To Sea
It started when th union army who won Atlanta moved off and captured the port of Savannah which cripled the cofederates.
Ulysses S. Grant Thought that the war would end if they crippled the strategic, economic, pyschologicol capacity. -
Savannah Falls
It was when the Union soilders finally started to occupy Savannah -
13th Ammendment
The 13th amendment declared the freedom of slaves -
Occupying Richmond
Richmond was the capitol of the confederate states. The union have attemped and failed at capturing Richmond. But finnaly they captured and are starting to Occupy richmond -
Lincoln is Shot
Only five days after Lees surrender Lincoln was assasinated. By: John wilkes booth and conspirators. Where: Washington D.C. While lincoln was watching a play in a booth. -
Lee Surrenders
The battle of Appomattox court house was the last battle the Northern Virginia army would fight. Because when they lsot Robert E. Lee surrendered to the union
